The Times-Picayune · Jun 21, 2018
Top Louisiana linebacker Donte Starks says when he'll make college decision
Donte Starks at the LSU skills camp Sunday.(For Derek Stingley Jr.'s 16th birthday, the LSU football coaching staff gave him a surprise gift at Tigers' practice facility.
Coaches gathered in the lobby and sang Happy Birthday to the unsuspecting Dunham cornerback after he was told he was heading to the school just to watch film.
It's that kind of contact and overtures from the LSU staff that showed Stingley he was "the guy." So for Stingley's 17th birthday he delivered the Tigers a gift -- his commitment to play for the Tigers.
The nation's top overall cornerback and prospect gave LSU his verbal pledge Wednesday (June 20) via a video message on his birthday.